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The shooting occurred at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas in 2022

Former Uvalde school police chief indicted over shooting

A grand jury in Uvalde, Texas, has indicted former school district police chief Pedro Arredondo over the police response to the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in which 19 students and two teachers were killed.

US • 28 Jun 24

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed two years ago at Robb Elementary School (file image)

Texas reaches settlement for families of school shooting

The US city of Uvalde, Texas, has reached a $2 million settlement (€1.85m) with most of the families of the children killed in a 2022 mass shooting at an elementary school, a lawyer for the families said at a news conference.

US • 22 May 24

Police waited in the hallway for an hour before shooting the gunman

'Critical failures' in Uvalde school shooting response

The US Justice Department has found "critical failures" in the delayed police response to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers.

World • 18 Jan 24

The Uvalde school district police force consisted of five officers and one security guard

Uvalde school district police force suspended

The school district in Uvalde, Texas, suspended its entire police force on Friday, pending the outcome of a probe following the mass shooting in May that killed 19 students and two teachers.

US • 07 Oct 22

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Board held a special meeting to consider the firing of Police Chief Pete Arredondo

Uvalde school board fires embattled police chief

The school board in Uvalde has fired the school district's embattled police chief for his much-criticised handling of the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers in the Texas city three months ago.

World • 25 Aug 22

Video showed police officers in the corridor for more than an hour after the gunman entered a classroom

Video shows hesitant police response to Texas shooting

A video of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, showed police waiting for more than an hour before breaching a classroom where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers.

US • 13 Jul 22

Democrats walk to the Senate Chamber to watch the vote on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

US Senate passes first gun control law in 30 years

The US Senate has voted in favour of new gun laws, introduced in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting last month in which 19 children and two teachers died.

World • 24 Jun 22

19 children and two teachers died in the gun attack

Uvalde faces 'mental health desert' after mass shooting

Today marks exactly one month since the mass shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas killed 19 children and two teachers.

US • 24 Jun 22

A makeshift memorial in front of Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas

Door used by Uvalde gunman not locked - official

The classroom door in the Uvalde primary school where 19 children and two teachers were killed last month was not locked, even as police waited for a key, the Texas Department of Public Safety Director has said.

World • 22 Jun 22

Family and community members attend Amerie Jo Garza's burial service

First funerals after Texas school shooting

The traumatised Texan town of Uvalde has begun laying to rest the 19 young children killed in an elementary school shooting that left the small, tight-knit community united in grief and anger.

US • 01 Jun 22

Assistant principal John Kilgarriff works at an elementary school in San Antonio

Lockdown drills 'part of life' for Irish teacher in US

While the world watches on in shock and horror in the aftermath of the Texas school shooting, one Irish man explains how the tragedy cut too close to home.

US • 28 May 22

Donald Trump said decent Americans should be allowed the firearms they need to defend themselves

Gun control efforts 'grotesque,' Trump tells NRA event

Former US president Donald Trump has rejected calls for tightened gun controls following the Texas school massacre, saying decent Americans should be allowed the firearms they need to defend themselves against "evil".

US • 28 May 22

Flowers and tributes at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde

Timeline - Calls to 911 during Texas shooting

At least two girls cowering in their classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Texas called the police emergency number 911 during the shooting, a law enforcement official said.

US • 27 May 22

Colonel Steven McGraw addresses the media

Police acknowledge 'wrong decision' in Texas response

Police made the "wrong decision" in waiting nearly an hour for additional officers before breaching the classroom where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, a law enforcement official has said.